1:1 PARENT COACHING, TRANSITION PLANNING
AND AFTERCARE SUPPORT


Your child is struggling and you want to know what you can do.

Teenager with her mother | parent coaching in the bay area

Parent Coaching 

The work is worth it.

For parents who want to do in-depth work on their parenting skills and remove the barriers between you and your child.

Parent coaching helps you to create consistency and connection by building a toolkit of skills and strategies to effectively resolve conflict. Let’s map the path forward to a united, peaceful, and loving family.

Serving everyone. I’m committed to working with parents of all means. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you need to discuss fee flexibility or a payment plan.

Next Steps Strategy Session
(1 session)

Get immediate guidance on a specific issue.

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This session includes:

  • 1-hour coaching session via Zoom or phone

  • Session notes and action steps within 24 hours

  • Resources to deepen your commitments

  • Perfect if you want to tackle your challenges with targeted support

Ideal when:

  • You have a tough parenting decision to make or trouble-shoot a specific issue, conflict or stuck area with your co-parent or child

  • You need a “tune-up” or second opinion to keep from falling into an old pattern

Focused Coaching Package
(4 sessions)

Address specific parenting challenges with focused sessions

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This package includes:

  • Four 1-hour coaching sessions via Zoom or phone

  • Text or email support when you need it

  • Session notes and action steps within 48 hours

  • Resources to deepen your commitments

  • Perfect if you want to tackle your challenges with targeted support

Ideal when:

  • You want help with “Communication 101”; (e.g. What do I say when…)

  • You need help setting and holding boundaries without losing connection

  • You need help addressing your most pressing challenge

Expedition Coaching Package
(10 sessions)

Get in-depth guidance for planning your parallel journey

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This package includes:

  • Ten 1-hour coaching sessions via Zoom or phone

  • Highly effective collaboration with therapists and program staff as needed

  • Review of Home Visit plans if needed

  • Text or email support when you need it

  • Session notes and action steps within 48 hours

  • Resources to deepen your commitments

  • Perfect if you want to tackle your challenges with targeted support

Ideal when:

  • You want to kick-start your family’s healing sojourn

  • You need to mapping out your “Doing Your Own Work” journey

  • You need help setting and holding boundaries without losing connection

  • You need help addressing your most pressing challenge

Mother and teenage son baking together | parent coaching in the bay area

Transition Planning and Aftercare Support

Build a Solid Bridge Home

For parents who want to lock in new skills and maintain the momentum of your family’s growth by reinforcing new family habits and structures that heal and support your relationship.

Serving everyone. I’m committed to working with parents of all means. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you need to discuss fee flexibility or a payment plan.

Next Steps Strategy Session
(1 session)

Get immediate guidance on a specific issue.

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Ideal when:

  • You have a tough parenting decision to make

  • You have agreements and your child is resisting them [doing chores, limiting electronics, etc.]

  • You need a parenting tune-up to keep from falling into an old pattern

This session includes:

  • 1-hour coaching session via Zoom or phone

  • Session notes and action steps within 24 hours

  • Resources to deepen your commitments

  • Perfect if you want to tackle your challenges with targeted support

Investment: $125

Destination Home Package
(4 sessions)

Get targeted support for concerns that inevitably arise during the transition process.

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Ideal when::

  • Staying on the same team with your co-parent

  • Communication 201: Now that they’re home all the time, what do I say when…?

  • Sustaining your grit, energy and forbearance now that your child is / will be home

  • Setting and holding boundaries without losing connection

  • Maintaining your self care regimen

  • Your most pressing challenge

  • Use Home Visits to practice new skills and setting limits...without losing connection and collaborate on a Home Agreement (contract) that supports your values and actually works

This package includes:

  • Four 1-hour coaching sessions via Zoom or phone

  • Text or email support when you need it

  • Reviewing Home Visit or Home Agreement (contract)

  • Session notes and action steps within 48 hours

  • Resources to deepen your commitments

  • Perfect if you want to tackle your challenges with targeted support

Investment: $575

Homecoming Intensive Package
(10 sessions)

Get in-depth guidance and support for your child’s return home.

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Ideal when:

  • Getting the most growth out of your Home Visits

  • Setting and maintaining boundaries without losing connection

  • Reviewing your Home Agreement – will it work in real life?

  • Getting support when you hit bumps in the road

  • Sustaining your grit, energy and forbearance now that your child is / will be home

This package includes:

  • Ten 1-hour coaching sessions via Zoom or phone

  • Highly effective collaboration with therapists and program staff as needed

  • Reviewing treatment plans, Home Visit and/or Home Agreements (contracts), etc

  • Text or email support when you need it

  • Session notes and action steps within 48 hours

  • Resources to support the whole family

  • Perfect if you want to tackle your challenges with targeted support

Investment: $1,650

parents holding hands | parent support groups led by Sarah Mackay

Parenting Support Groups

You are not alone. 

  • For parents seeking connection with others who are going through similar experiences

In our groups, we offer support to one another by:

  • Brainstorming  strategies for overcoming challenges 

  • Providing empathy and understanding

  • Sharing resources

  • Reducing isolation and creating community

During COVID-19, our support groups have moved online!


Parent Support Groups and Classes

Willows in the Wind

For parents of children 10-20 years, sign up to join a Willows group:

  1. Go to Willows in the Wind website

  2. Choose Parent Support Group Meetings

  3. Choose the “San Rafael” location to meet with Sarah and her co-leaders*

  4. If it’s your first meeting, follow directions to fill out a Confidentiality Form

*Willows groups also meet in Oakland, Los Altos and Walnut Creek.

DETAILS:

Meets third Sunday of the month • 1:00- 3:30pm PST via Zoom*

Free for all, or a $10 -$20 donation (what does my donation support?)

*Zoom link will be emailed with your ticket confirmation


Not sure if a Willows support group is right for you?

Family Sanity

For parents of young adults 14-28 years, sign up to join a Family Sanity support group:  

  1. Go the Family Sanity website

  2. Register for either a lunchtime or evening support group.

DETAILS:

Meets third Tuesday  of the month • 7:30- 9:00pm  PST via Zoom**

Free for all during COVID-19, or a $20 donation 

*Zoom link will be emailed with your ticket confirmation

Not sure if a Family Sanity  support group is right for you? 

Contact Sarah:  sarah@familysanity.org

Other Groups Sarah Co-leads

  • Parents Supporting Parents online meeting with La Europa Academy in Salt Lake City (please contact staff at La Europa if your child attends this program)

When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.

— BRENE BROWN

I’ve seen Sarah collaborate effectively with parents in all stages of their teenager’s journey to health and recovery. She has a gift for helping families figure out where they are stuck in unconscious or unhealthy patterns or behaviors . Parents tell me that Sarah is both gentle and encouraging in her coaching—and direct. She’s willing to point out what’s not working from her perspective, if needed. This is exactly what helps parents build on the gains made during treatment.
— Jennifer Taylor, Ed Consultant, JET ED

Book your free 30-minute consultation, and find out if
coaching is right for you!